Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 27th January 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Monday 27th January 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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NDDC donates Lassa fever kits to Delta
T he Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has donated Lassa fever protective kits and drugs to support the Delta State government in its efforts to check the menace in the state. Presenting the medical kits and drugs to the government at the Ministry of Health, Asaba, NDDC Acting Managing Director, Dr Joi Nunieh, said the commission was concerned about the outbreak of Lassa fever in the region. Nunieh, who was represented by NDDC Director, Health, Education and Social Services, Mr. Peter Edieya, said the commission was…
Eagles’ job: NFF, Rohr draw Plan B in case negotiations fail
Coach to table own conditions in February London meeting German opens discussion with Congo as NFF activates 5-man shortlist A s the Nigeria Football Federation and Super Eagles Manager Gernot Rohr are set for a meeting scheduled for London next month over a new contract for the coach, New Telegraph has learnt of the Plan B of the two parties should negotiation completely broke down. The NFF has said the coach would meet with the President Amaju Pinnick in London next month for a discussion…
Lassa fever claims one in Kogi
?No victim died in Ogun, says commissioner O ne out the three patients who contracted Lassa fever has died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, Kogi State. The Head of Clinical Services of the hospital, Dr. Bernard Ododo, disclosed this in an interview yesterday in Lokoja. This was as the Ogun State government yesterday denied report that anyone had died of Lassa fever at the FMC, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta. Ododo said that five suspected cases of Lassa fever were reported in the hospital…
We stumbled on your property, ICPC replies Pinnacle
T he Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has threatened legal action against 44 property owners including two buildings in Abuja belonging to Pinnacle Communications Ltd. In a letter to the Management of Pinnacle Communications, ICPC also dismissed allegation by the digital telecommunication company that its operatives illegally invaded their Abuja office on January 15. A copy of the ICPC letter, dated January 24 and signed by the agency’s Director of Operations, Mr Akeem Lawal, was made available to the News Agency of…
SGF tasks FIRS boss on aggressive revenue drive
S ecretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has urged newly appointed Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Mohammed M. Nami, to be proactive in his revenue drive. With enough tax revenue in government’s kitty, Boss said the Federal Government will borrow less. He pledged his support for FIRS Executive Chairman and Service’s board. The SGF made the pledge recently in his office when Nami paid him a courtesy visit during which Boss also presented the letters of…
Senate drops mace theft probe against Omo-Agege
S enate Spokesman, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, yesterday, said that the Ninth Senate would not bother to investigate the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, over alleged mace snatching in the Eight Assembly. Akwashiki, who stated this while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja at the weekend, also explained that, according to parliamentary practice, any matter that was not concluded in the last Assembly would not be continued in the current one. The Senate and the House of Representatives, had in the Eight Assembly, set up a…
NYSC : 103 firms scale financial bid hurdle
O ut of the initial number of 234 bidders, a total of 103 contracting firms have scaled through the financial bid process for the procurement and supply of training kits for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation programme. In the bid opening ceremony held at the Yakubu Gowon House, national headquarters of the organisation recently, the winners emerged from among 234 companies that participated in the exercise. Director General, NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, who was represented at the event by the Director of Procurement, …
$30bn loan, Constitution, Electoral Act, PIB, others, top agenda as Senate resumes
A s the National Assembly resumes plenary tomorrow from its Christmas and New Year recess, there are some critical national issues awaiting legislative attention in the Senate. New Telegraph checks revealed that the Senate, will as a matter of priority be considering for approval the $30 billion loan request, forwarded to it late last year by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate had, before vacating for Christmas and New Year celebrations, referred the request to its Committee on Local and Foreign Loans, to work on and submit its report to…
Nigeria’s aviation gets $2bn private investment boost
?Firms sign deal for local flight shuttle N igeria’s private sector airline, Quorum Aviation Limited, and United Kingdom based 328 Support Services have unveiled $2 billion investment portfolio for the country’s aviation sector. This huge capital outlay was unfolded when the two firms signed a strategic collaboration agreement to support the growth of new regional connectivity in Nigeria and West African region. 328 Support Services GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is the type certificate holder of the Dornier 328 aircraft. The agreement…
Niger Delta varsity names Senate building, road after Dickson
T he Bayelsa state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU) has named its ultramodern Senate building and the newly constructed dual carriage road within the institution after the outgoing Governor Seriake Dickson. The two key projects were initiated and completed by Dickson in the pursuit of the governor’s zeal to reposition the education sector in the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted the Vice Chancellor of the NDU, Prof. Samuel Edoumiekumo, as having made the pronouncement while reading his…
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